Regional economic advisory groups face review

The Northern Territory Government says it is reviewing its regional economic development committees.

The committees were set up in 14 centres in 2006 to advise the government about economic policy in regional areas.

But the Opposition says the groups been abandoned and are not even sitting in places like Alice Springs and Katherine.

Regional Development Minister Malarndirri McCarthy says the government is looking into whether the committees are still useful.

"We need to make sure that, within the economic development committees, there is a connection of all this other work that we are doing with the Northern Territory Government across our agencies," she said.

"I have actually instructed that there is a review of these economic development committees across the Northern Territory because I am concerned about that connection."

Country Liberals regional development spokesman Adam Giles says the committees are not sitting in major centres.

"How many times, this year or at the end of last year, has the economic development committee of Alice Springs met?" he asked.